By Lisa Iesse Writer Norfolk County Council (NCC) is moving to a Stage 1 archeological assessment after “archaeological evidence of First Nations presence” was found at a local cemetery last year. The find comes two years after a county councillor charged there was no proof of Indigenous people in the county. “There was nobody here when the Europeans came here, (to) this particular area of Norfolk County within southern Ontario, in-between the lakes area,” said Councillor Chris Van Paassen at a NCC meeting on September 14, 2021. At that meeting, Councillor Van Passen also denied the current presence of First Nations in the area now known as Norfolk County. “The area of Norfolk county is not inhabited by Indigenous peoples, it has not been since before the time of European…
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